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CTS acquires Silkstone Environmental in second bolt-on deal of 2021
Construction Testing Solutions (CTS), a leading provider of construction consulting and testing services, has completed the acquisition of Silkstone Environmental Limited (SEL), a multi-disciplined consultancy specialising in minerals and waste management planning & permitting, site investigation, environmental monitoring and surveying. Based in Sheffield, Silkstone Environmental employs 12 staff and operates across the UK. Founded in…
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Palatine-Backed DTM Acquires Tyrewatch
Our Skelmersdale headquartered tyre management specialist DTM, has acquired TyreWatch, Europe’s market leading provider of real-time tyre monitoring technology. Based in Basingstoke, TyreWatch provides digital tyre management services to monitor and manage the wheels and tyres of HGVs and public service vehicles. Established in 2017, it has grown to support clients across the UK, Europe,…
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‘Accelerating the pace of change together’
After a successful four years, we recently exited our investment in TTC Group, the leading driver risk management and road safety training provider, with the sale of the business to management backed by Pricoa Private Capital. As he prepares to lead the business into the next stage of its growth journey, TTC Group CEO Jim…
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Changemaker, Dr Flic Gabbay, tranScrip Partners
‘We’re making progress, but we’re not there yet’, is Dr Flic Gabbay’s assessment of how attitudes to diversity and inclusion have changed over her distinguished career as a pharmaceutical physician and business leader. To say the passionate and dynamic co-founder and Managing Partner of tranScrip Partners, (the specialist pharmaceutical services consultancy which received investment from…
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Key drivers of a successful buy & build strategy in the financial services sector
Thoughts from Rupert Brown, Investment Director and Financial Services Specialist. Buy and build is a key growth strategy for the vast majority of Palatine’s portfolio companies. Around 80% have completed at least one acquisition during the investment period, totalling more than 170 across the last decade. It’s a smart approach which can prove effective in…
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Palatine Invests In Specialist Home Healthcare Provider Routes
We have acquired a majority stake in Routes Healthcare, one of the North’s leading providers of specialist person-centred health and homecare services. Headquartered in the North-West, the business operates from 14 service centres, employing 120 operational and management staff, along with 1,000 carers. The business provides specialist complex care packages for people with long-term health…
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Palatine Invests in Leading Tech Firm FourNet
We have acquired a majority stake in FourNet, award-winning digital transformation and customer experience specialists with clients including 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury and the Bank of England. Headquartered in Manchester, and with offices in London and Burton-on-Trent, FourNet has annual revenues of £38m and employs more than 100 people. The company…
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Wren Sterling secures four acquisitions in 2021
Wren Sterling has released details of a further three deals completed over the first half of 2021, as it takes its total number of acquisitions in 2021 to four. Sentinel Private Clients Limited (Sentinel), of Warwickshire, Bookeeping Administration Services Ltd (BKASL) based in Cardiff and Rothesay Intelligent Financial Services Ltd (Rothesay) in Bedfordshire have been…
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Palatine Exits TTC Group
We have successfully exited our investment in TTC Group, the leading driver risk management and road safety training provider, with the sale of our shareholding to the TTC management team supported by Pricoa Private Capital. Since investing in the Telford-headquartered company in July 2017, we have overseen revenue growth from circa. £27m to more than…
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